diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 7f4a89fbcf..68fcd95397 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: tiledb
 Type: Package
-Version: 0.21.1.9
+Version: 0.21.1.10
 Title: Universal Storage Engine for Sparse and Dense Multidimensional Arrays
 Authors@R: c(person("TileDB, Inc.", role = c("aut", "cph")),
  person("Dirk", "Eddelbuettel", email = "dirk@tiledb.com", role = "cre"))
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 649b9bcc0a..4ec2208ad7 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # tiledb ongoing development
 
-* This release of the R package builds against [TileDB 2.17.2](https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB/releases/tag/2.17.2), and has also been tested against earlier releases as well as the development version (#602)
+* This release of the R package builds against [TileDB 2.17.3](https://github.com/TileDB-Inc/TileDB/releases/tag/2.17.3), and has also been tested against earlier releases as well as the development version (#602)
 
 ## Improvements
 
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 
 * Enumeration (aka 'factor') support has been extended for 'empty' creation and subsequent extension with new levelss (#605)
 
+* Use of TileDB Embedded was upgraded to release 2.17.3 (#606)
+
 ## Bug Fixes
 
 * The DESCRIPTION file now correctly refers to macOS 10.14 (#596)
diff --git a/tools/tiledbVersion.txt b/tools/tiledbVersion.txt
index 08b22fbe2f..83e01e9747 100644
--- a/tools/tiledbVersion.txt
+++ b/tools/tiledbVersion.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-version: 2.17.2
-sha: 06a09ae
+version: 2.17.3
+sha: 0c2de58